Translated Advent Verses, Images Posted on Web
Southern Methodist University students in Paula Lemmon’s Latin classes have been counting the days until Christmas, using a twist on the conventional Advent calendar. This one is posted on the Internet.
Instead of a treat hiding behind a little paper door, browsers are rewarded each day with a newly available Christmas image from a 13th century illuminated manuscript, plus a Bible verse translated from Latin into English.
“We’ve been doing classical literature, but to do something from the Bible was a little bit different,” said Andrew Baker, a freshman.
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